All work and no play make editors long for the holidays!
See, we're regular folks, just like you. Asked and answered, the Tribune editorial board shares their innermost thoughts in response to the question, What do you want to accomplish this holiday season?
Adam Myers, Sports Editor:
"I want to spend some time with my good buddies - we're all going away together."
Andrew Segal, Managing Editor:
"I want to have a good time with my family on our trip to New York, and, I guess, do well on my GREs (I know that last part doesn't have anything to do with the holidays, but I really want it to happen all the same)."
Ben Lemieux, A&E Editor:
"When I was younger, I used to use the holiday time off to construct an intricate web of traps around the house to capture Santa... well, try. This year, I'm going to fucking get him. He's grown slow and unalert in his old age..."
Dave Blye, Sports Editor:
"I'm going to watch football and generally take it easy."
Genevieve Friesen, Design Editor:
"The holiday season, for me, is the time that I get to see my family-and also sleep in until school starts again."
Genevieve Jenkins, Features Editor:
"Our cross country team has arranged to buy gifts for the children in a large, underprivileged family, and we raised about $215 for a gift basket with food, etc. so they can have a nice dinner. Also, my best friend is in the US army, stationed in Iraq, and a lot of people in her platoon don't have friends and family sending them letters and gifts; I've asked my team to write holiday letters for the soldiers."
James Gotowiec, News Editor:
"I want to go home and earn some money before Christmas, catch up on all the sleep that 8:30 classes have made me miss and spend time with my girlfriend to make up for being in Montreal for the past four months."
Jennifer Jett, Managing Editor:
"I want to build or rebuild ties with extended family... but also decompress from the stress of this semester and start looking for a job."
2008 Woodie Awards
